Sierra NF Trails Status

[Ben H]

Just an FYI:

Sierra National Forest will open the Shaver/Red Mountain trails as follows:

Bald Mountain: Year Round
Blue Canyon: Year Round
Jose Basin: Year Round
Strawberry & Red Lake Trail : June 15, 2013
Coyote Lake Trail: June 15, 2013
Mirror Lake Trail: June 15, 2013
Brewer Lake Trail: June 15, 2013
Onion: June 15, 2013
Swamp Lake Trail: July 1, 2013
Dusy Ershim Trail: August 1, 2013

Also, there are some nice rock quarries to mess around in at the following locations:

Blue Canyon Quarry: 37.037043°, -119.281538°
Rock Creek Quarry: 37.116741°, -119.154193° (this one is killer)

 

[XJensen]

Great info thank Ben.

Did you get this from the Sierra FS website or do they have another you get the info? Just curious about easier ways to find this stuff out.

 

[Ben H]

Great info thank Ben.

Did you get this from the Sierra FS website or do they have another you get the info? Just curious about easier ways to find this stuff out.

I just call every year at the beginning of June. Was hoping that Dusy would be open earlier than normal due to the fact that there is NO snow anywhere up there. But nope, business as usual for trail openings. I expect that Courtright Reservoir will be super low this year, which is very fun to drive around the banks once the water level goes down.

NF says, and rightfully so, that there will be significant fire restrictions this year, so don't plan on having fires and possibly even stoves. Manifold corn dog and burrito time.

I also heard from a hiker friend that Swamp Lake trail is looking difficult this year.

 

[Big Ed]

Just an FYI:

Sierra National Forest will open the Shaver/Red Mountain trails as follows:

Bald Mountain: Year Round

Bald is no longer year round,there is a 30 day closure in the spring for the snow to melt.

 

[Big Ed]

This is what the smoke looked like at Nellie Lake a couple of days ago.
Prather, this morning, the smoke is prevalent.

If you plan on coming up to recreate,then prepare for poor breathing conditions.


If you have respiratory problems then you might want to postpone any trips in the area.

There have been about 16 fires in the past week (most of them are contained) The Aspen fire close to 3,000 acres is still going. There is smoke everywhere and wind, temperature etc. effect it, as well.

 

[Ben H]

This is what the smoke looked like at Nellie Lake a couple of days ago.
Prather, this morning, the smoke is prevalent.

If you plan on coming up to recreate,then prepare for poor breathing conditions.


If you have respiratory problems then you might want to postpone any trips in the area.

There have been about 16 fires in the past week (most of them are contained) The Aspen fire close to 3,000 acres is still going. There is smoke everywhere and wind, temperature etc. effect it, as well.

We were up at Courtright last weekend and the lightning was insane. Smoke the day after.